Wall-E DVD good

I have watched the movie Wall-E on a decent set up over the weekend and the video and audio quality are excellent. There are also some really good features on the disc. If any of you just get the one disc edition, there is a really good feature besides the two short animated features, it is a documentary that goes through developing the sounds of Wall-E. Ben Burtt is responsible for the sound effects of the movie as well as the voice of Wall-E, and he goes through what he did to make it all happen, very fascinating actually. But yeah, the Wall-E DVD is a good buy.

Speaking of DVDs, the Back to the Future Trilogy will be released on February 10 as separate releases for the first time. For any of you that only liked the first one and didn't care for any of the other ones, then you can pick that one up, as well, any one looking for new extra features on the making of Back to the Future, there should be some new content included with the individual releases. I will keep you posted as more is learned. Also, the Bourne trilogy will be coming to Blu-Ray in January.

For any of you that don't know what happened at the box office this weekend, vampires took over with $70 million, that's right, Twilight. I have heard both sides, but overall it sounds like they did a pretty good job with it. What to look for this coming week, on Wednesday will be the release of Transporter 3, Austrailia, and Four Christmases. Transporter 3 puts Jason Statham back in a very popular role for him, seems like there will be a few new turns this time. Austailia is the new big epic starring Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman, suppose to be a big oscar contender, but we will see what everyone says. Four Christmases stars Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn who visit their relatives for Christmas, both their parents are divorced so that is why it's called "Four" Christmases, and none of their families are role models. There will be another dysfunctional family Christmas comedy in December entitled Nothing Like the Holidays. Stay Tuned.

Wall-E DVD

I picked up the three disc edition of Wall-E a couple of days ago. I have watched a bit of the special features and they are great. The new short Burn-E is hilarious. It does have a pretty high price tag, but I think it is worth it, luckily I got for $10 cheaper due to special circumstances. Here is the short version of the special circumstances, I pre-ordered it at Best Buy three months ago, and when I picked it up, they promise to give you the item within one minute the second they go to pick up the item in their warehouse, well it took them about 3 minutes to get the copy to me, and therefore they gave me a $10 discount. I felt lucky. I will give you more a review tomorrow or the next day when I actually can view the quality of the presentation and check out more of the special features.

Quantum of Solace review

I got to see Quantum of Solace this afternoon, and I really liked it. Just so all of you know, this movie takes place right after Casino Royale, so you should watch that one first before going into this one. This was a fast paced action movie, and Daniel Craig is still a great James Bond. I absolutely recommend it.

Also, if you go see it, you will get a trailer for the new Star Trek movie. I am not a fan of Star Trek, in fact, I have not seen any of the old movies, even though I have heard that some of them are good, but it actually looks cool, and I think anyone would expect that from J.J. Abrams who has worked on cool projects like Mission Impossible 3. Next summer should be good. This winter also looks great too.

As well to prep for the new James Bond movie, I watched GoldenEye this week, and I really enjoyed that one. My favorite sequence is the tank chase sequence. I do want to check out some more older James Bond movies and especially make comparisons to the different James Bonds throughout the years.

DVDs out this week

This week we see the release of Kung Fu Panda on DVD, well actually, it came out on Saturday. It was originally suppose to come out Sunday, but instead it was decided to release it a day early. I actually was able to get a copy on Friday at a store. The picture and audio are good. As well this week, we see the release of Hellboy 2 and Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Star Wars: The Clone Wars was released in theaters three months ago as a preview into the show that debuted onto Cartoon Network a month ago. I watched a few minutes of an episode on Cartoon Network. I found The Clone Wars movie not great, it did not seem impressive at all, but there are probably Star Wars fans that might enjoy it, especially younger ones. Hellboy 2 was an interesting movie, visually interesting. Anyone that wants to check it out, I recommend it.

Next week on DVD, we see the release of Wall-E, the ordinary robot that went on an extraordinary adventure. An absolute recommend. I have already ordered the three-disc edition. It contains the movie along with a bunch of extra features, and also a digital copy of the movie. The third disc is the digital copy, which is a version that you can place on your iPod. The Nightmare Before Christmas has something similar, as well as some new DVDs out today. One of the extra features on the Wall-E three disc edition is a documentary entitled “The Pixar Story”, this documentary shows the journey of Pixar from when they started to where they are now. I will go through the DVD set once I get it and let you know how the video and audio are, along with some of the special features. Also, Pixar is saying that the BluRay version is supposed to be spectacular. They say all the detail they placed into the movie will be shown in the version, and should be very crisp clear picture. One thing I can say, thank goodness we have a winner in the high definition war, so now Blu Ray can get pushed to it’s limits and allow many to experience this awesome format. We probably will be seeing Blu Ray rise more this holiday season.
This weekend, look for Quantum of Solace in theaters, the new James Bond movie. It looks very good and I am excited to see it. Also, if you haven’t had a chance to see Madagascar 2, go see it, it is funny.

Madagascar: Back 2 Africa review

Funny, Funny, Funny. I really enjoyed this movie. It takes off exactly where the last one left off, leaving to return to New York. However, on the way, they crash in Africa, where the movie takes place. There were plenty of laughs. The original cast is back in this one, and also there are a few new members added to the cast. One of them is the late Bernie Mac, who plays Alex's father, Zuba. I totally recommend this. It is funny!!!!

New President

Well, as all of you have probably heard by now. Obama will be our new president. Hopefully he does a good job. It is funny we actually found out the results today instead of three weeks later. I remember the election back in 2000, they had to keep recalculating the votes. It took about a month for the new president to be decided. Well, I hope for the best from Barack Obama.

As for new DVDs released today, Get Smart is out. I recommend it, it is very funny. They have also rereleased the Star Wars movies on DVDs packaged as the original trilogy and the prequel trilogy. Nothing new about them, but if you haven't bought them yet, now is another chance. Also, the Bourne movies are now available in a trilogy package.


This month will bring forth some pretty good releases, both in theaters and on DVD. Madagascar 2 arrives this Friday. I am looking forward to it as I found the first one very funny. As well, Quantum of Solace arrives the following weekend. Speaking of James Bond, I was watching Die Another Day tonight. I was wondering what good James Bond movies there are, the only ones I have seen are Die Another Day, Casino Royale (2006), and Tomorrow Never Dies, I have also seen parts of Goldeneye and The World is Not Enough. As for other releases this month, there is Twilight, I have my mom who is really looking forward to it, and for action guys there is Transporter 3. Of course there are others as well.

As for DVD, Kung Fu Panda arrives this weekend. That is for sure a must see, it is funny. Hellboy 2 and The Clone Wars arrive next weekend. Hellboy 2 is interesting, and The Clone Wars is skippable. On November 18, Wall-E arrives, I am excited for it, it is an excellent movie. On November 25, Hancock comes out, which was good. There are of course other big releases. But on December 9, look for The Dark Knight, which shouldn't be too hard to find out because there should be plenty of advertising beforehand.